Chiefs 2020

[Steven Harris]

@Stargazer yeah a bit shattered with that news, Debreczini has been fantastic for the Taniwha and unfortunately we only saw a bite size of how good he was at super level.
I actually believe he is more rounded than any of the first fives at the Blues..,he definitely better than Otere Black, I am willing to cut young Plummer a bit of slack to be fair..
Luckily Northland has a couple of young guys coming through.

[cgrant]

And what about Tyler Bleyendaal ? He's warming the bench in Munster. A come back to NZ could be welcome as the cupboard is rather bare as far as 1st 5/8 are concerned.

[Tim]

@cgrant said in Chiefs 2020:

Tyler Bleyendaal

Has he played well for Munster? He was very average in NZ.

[Nepia]

I’m so glad the Chiefs wasted a season on the Aussie 10.

🤔

[cgrant]

@Tim
Not very well, I'm unhappy to say, but there are so few options now ...

[Bovidae]

@cgrant No way I'd want Bleyendaal anywhere near the Chiefs. Find someone local to develop.

[Nogusta]

@Bovidae said in Chiefs 2020:

@cgrant No way I'd want Bleyendaal anywhere near the Chiefs. Find someone local to develop.

D'Angelo Leuila went pretty good last night!?

[Bovidae]

@Nogusta said in Chiefs 2020:

D'Angelo Leuila went pretty good last night!?

I thought he looked very handy but I would much prefer the Chiefs pick a 1st 5 from within the region. Leuila is the same age as Falcon, who is already there. I would select one of Trask or Reihana (or both) and make them long-term investments.

[Nogusta]

@Bovidae yea I'm a big fan of Trask. IMO he should've been the starting 10 for the NZ20s last year ahead of Plummer. Hope he gets some good M10 minutes this year.

[Bovidae]

@Nogusta If I remember correctly the U20 backline started to click when Plummer moved out to 2nd 5 and Trask was the 1st 5.

[cgrant]

Isn't Leuila a Samoan ?

[Nogusta]

@cgrant yea he played for Samoa on their 2016 Northern tour. He kicked some crucial penalties in their win against Canada from memory. He'd just led the Samoa 20s in their the U20 Championships win then got selected for the senior Samoa side when Alama Ieremia was coach.

[Yeetyaah]

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[Yeetyaah]

Etene set for the Olympics next year and seems like he won't take part in Super Rugby.

https://www.chiefs.co.nz/news-item/nanai-seturo-set-for-2020-olympics

[Bovidae]

I expected someone to mention this...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/115437167/aaron-cruden-in-line-for-shock-return-to-chiefs-for-2020-super-rugby-season

[Stargazer]

@Bovidae To me, that's another case of "I believe it, when I see the official announcement".

[gt12]

@Bovidae

I'd be pleased, especially if - as the article implies - he'd replace Marty MacKenzie, leaving us space to sign another youngster from Mitre 10.

We should be looking hard at Finau and that young prop from the Waikato team too.

[Yeetyaah]

@gt12 Ollie Norris? I'd be keen on him too.

[Yeetyaah]

Dunno how I feel about Crudes returning. It's probably a good thing as the experience would be useful. I'd be keen on more youngsters as well. Suppose Falcon is still here next year. Debs is allegedly leaving. At least Crudes is showing loyalty by only wanting to return to the Chiefs.

[gt12]

@Yeetyaah

If it’s confirmed that Debs is gone, I’m in for Cruden. If that was only a rumor, I’d probably change my position as he should start, and we could try to develop the future guy in the background.